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Ping in LoL

Ok so ive been playing for a bit under 3 weeks. My ping has been around 90 most of the time ( I live in eastern Canada btw). However for the past 4 days it has consistently been around 170-180 and i find that it impacts the gameplay quite a bit.

Im not using my internet connection for anything else and i get good results on pingtest and such other sites. I am very annoyed because i do not know when ( if ever ) it is going back to the green. I fear to play PvP now because higher ping makes me do poorly ( not that i am very skilled to begin with )

What are your experience with ping in LoL/PvP.net in general? Do those high ping peridods happen normally? What do you consider a good ping etc.

You may want to just check notices on the start screen when you load. I noticed their was a message from the Riot Team that some players were noticing higher than normal lag/ping. It may have been an internal issue and from what I understand has since been resolved.

Ok so i made a test, bypassed my router and connected directly to the modem through DHCP, reset the computer, closed all useless applications and i still get the same 170-180 ping.
Its not spiking or anything, just a smooth and constant ping

I gather I cannot do anything more on my side. I just hope it'll goes away in the next days. Its possibly my Isp, which is somewhat crappy i admit.

The game is Playable at this current ping but i have to adjust my timing for last hitting and i feel that it can make a difference between life and death when you need to change direction in a split second.

The thing is lol appears to be using a few central servers throughout the world, if you are far from any of them, you are doomed to mediocre ping.

Other online games will let you "host" a game and the main servers let other users connect to you, this ensure you can "usually " find a game with good ping. LoL just does not seem to work that way. Ping is not as critical as say FPS games but still...